technology in libraries: what's next? (06/2013)

Technology in Libraries:

What's Next?

Michael SauersNEFLIN Technology Conference19 June 2013 - Jacksonville, FL

The rules:

The Rules of Technology

These young people!

New-ish to libraries...

Content Management Systems

A/V Digital Converters

Tablets

Square

Smart Watches

Personal data collection

Memoto

Nest Thermostat

Waze

Big Data

Croudfunding

Library Box

3D Printers

Wireless (Inductive) Charging

• Wireless communication limited to a few centimeters.

• Mostly used for payment systems at this time.

NFC

HDMI Android Sticks

Arduino

RaspberryPI

On the horizon...

802.11b: 11 / 390

802.11g: 54 / 460

802.11n: 150 / 820

802.11ac: 1Gbps (under development)

802.11ad: 7Gbps (spec only)802.11a: 6 Mbps / 330'

Faster WiFi

Leap Motion

Google Glass

4K TV

Hold on to your socks!

8K TV

• When everything is uniquely identifiable and connected to the network.

• via...o RFIDo QR Codeso NFCo WiFi

• All contributing to "Big Data"

The Internet of Things

Contact lens displays

You are your password

WiSee

Project Loon

Project Loon balloons float in the stratosphere, twice as high as airplanes and the weather. They are carried around the Earth by winds and they can be steered by rising or descending to an altitude with winds moving in the desired direction. People connect to the balloon network using a special Internet antenna attached to their building. The signal bounces from balloon to balloon, then to the global Internet back on Earth.

"The technology developed by HHI makes it possible to use standard off-the-shelf LED room lights for data transmission. Data rates of up to 800 Mbit/s were reached by this optical WLAN under laboratory conditions, while a complete real-time system exhibited at trade fairs reached data throughput of 500 Mbit/s. The newly developed patent protected components have now achieved a transmission rate in laboratory experiments of over 1 Gbit/s per single light frequency. As off-the-shelf LEDs mainly use three light frequencies or light colors, speeds of up to 3 Gbit/s are feasible."

3GBPS "LiFi" via Light Bulbs

Qualcomm’s chief technology officer... showing off a base station small enough to be integrated into a set top box or home router.

A person driving or walking through the area receives a stronger signal on his phone, and faster downloads, as his device hops between the many small base stations, each with a range of tens of meters.

-MIT Technology Review

A Cell Tower on Your Desk

• WiTricity Corp. is...developing wireless electricity technology that will operate safely and efficiently over distances ranging from centimeters to several meters—and will deliver power ranging from milliwatts to kilowatts.

• Direct Wireless Power — when all the power a device needs is provided wirelessly, and no batteries are required. This mode is for a device that is always used within range of its WiTricity power source.

• Automatic Wireless Charging—when a device with rechargeable batteries charges itself while still in use or at rest, without requiring a power cord or battery replacement. This mode is for a mobile device that may be used both in and out of range of its WiTricity power source.

Wireless Electricity over a distance

Transfer data through your body

An “electrical device” that you can either wear on your body [that] uses the wearer’s body part, like your arm or finger, as a “transmission channel” to transfer data through direct physical contact with another device like a computer, smartphone, or even a game console and controller.

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